Chapter 8

My Darling

Su Qiu looked at Shen Yi, who had fainted on the bed. His eyelashes were still damp, and his face was flushed.

Beautiful yet broken.

She leaned down and gently placed a kiss on his damp forehead, her gesture unusually tender.

She then turned and left, going straight into the bathroom.

Xiao Xitian immediately began to echo in her mind, her tone filled with lingering fear:

"Host, are you alright? You really scared me to death just now!"

If anything happens to you, I'm doomed too!

Su Qiu turned on the shower, and the warm water washed over her body, mixing with the lingering blood as it flowed away through the drain.

She replied in a flat tone:

"Don't worry, you won't die. Nothing serious was injured, it will heal on its own in a few days."

Looking at the faint red hue in the water, Xiao Xitian couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache.

"If we weren't out of points right now, you would have been fine long ago if we used a repair item."

"If you recover too quickly, it will arouse suspicion." Su Qiu turned off the water, picked up a towel to dry her body, and said, "This is perfect. Let him see what happens when he messes with me."

After taking a shower, she casually dried her short hair, revealing her smooth forehead, and looked clean and neat.

I found the first-aid kit and started treating the wound on my lower abdomen in front of the mirror. When I applied the iodine to my skin, it stung.

She didn't even frown, skillfully wrapping it with gauze.

After doing all this, she suddenly remembered Lin Wei and the others downstairs, and turned to leave the bedroom.

Downstairs in the living room, Lin Wei and several bodyguards sat trembling, barely daring to breathe.

They had no idea what was happening upstairs, let alone how their boss was doing; every minute was torture.

In the corner of my eye, a figure walked down the stairs.

Lin Wei looked up abruptly and saw Su Qiu wearing loose-fitting home clothes.

With a cigarette dangling from his mouth, he slowly walked downstairs.

Her gaze swept across the living room with utter indifference, as if they were nothing more than ants beneath her feet.

"Miss Su... Miss Su." Lin Wei stood up with a forced smile, his voice trembling slightly.

Su Qiu exhaled a smoke ring and said calmly:

"You all go back. Shen Yi will stay here with me. Don't worry, I won't hurt him."

"this……"

Lin Wei looked troubled.

He was Shen Yi's assistant, so naturally he had to listen to his boss. How could he just stand by and watch his boss be detained?

Su Qiu seemed to see through his thoughts, and a half-smile appeared on her lips:

"If you're not leaving, that's fine too; you can stay here."

She then turned to the butler standing to the side and instructed, "Uncle Wang, arrange rooms for the guests."

"Yes, Miss," Uncle Wang replied respectfully.

Lin Wei was completely speechless.

He had no right to go upstairs to see Shen Yi, and he knew very well what had probably happened upstairs in the past few hours.

Four or five hours... Just thinking about it made him sweat for his boss.

Mr. Shen, are you... alright?

Looking at Su Qiu's nonchalant demeanor, Lin Wei had only one thought in his mind:

This time, the boss is probably really in trouble.

……

Su Qiu returned to the bedroom and looked at Shen Yi, who was still fast asleep on the bed. She planned to carry him to take a bath.

The phone on the bedside table suddenly started buzzing.

The screen lit up, and the caller ID clearly showed "Qianqian".

Su Qiu raised an eyebrow, casually picked up her phone and answered, her fingertips still damp with moisture.

"Brother Shen Yi, it's been a long time," came Su Qian's sweet voice from the other end of the phone, with a deliberately affected gentleness.

"I've run into a little trouble lately, could you...?"

Little Western Paradise immediately reminded Su Qiu in his mind: "Host, it's the female lead, Su Qian!"

Su Qiu spoke calmly into the phone: "You've dialed the wrong number. Shen Yi is asleep."

Su Qian was stunned for a moment, not hearing the familiar, always gentle and patient voice.

Instead, a strange and indifferent female voice came from behind, immediately arousing suspicion in his heart.

Why did a woman answer Shen Yi's phone?

And this voice... why does it sound so familiar?

"Who are you?" Su Qian's voice was wary. "Where's Brother Shen Yi? Let him answer the phone."

"Are you deaf?" Su Qiu retorted without hesitation. "Everyone said he was asleep."

"Who are you?! What did you do to Brother Shen Yi?"

Su Qian's voice suddenly rose, filled with anger at being offended and a hint of barely perceptible panic.

How dare he speak to me in such an attitude after getting Shen Yi's phone?

Who exactly is this woman?

Hearing her anxious tone, Su Qiu's lips curled into a playful smile. He deliberately lowered his voice and said, word by word:

Who I am doesn't matter. What matters is that I slept with him.

There was a sudden silence on the other end of the phone.

Su Qian's fingers tightened around her phone suddenly, and her mind went blank as if she had been hit by a heavy hammer.

Sleep...slept with him?

These three words echoed in her ears like thunder, leaving her stunned for a long time.

Brother Shen Yi... was with another woman...?

How is this possible?!

"You're lying!" Su Qian's voice was full of anger, but also carried a hint of forced vulnerability.

They clearly cannot accept this shocking fact.

Su Qiu scoffed, her tone full of disdain:

"What good would it do you to lie to me? Besides, what business is it of yours who he sleeps with? If you want to sleep with someone, isn't Lu Chen enough for you to mess with?"

"You think you can have your cake and eat it too? Do you even have the guts? Have you even grown a penis yet?"

These words were blunt and harsh, like a slap in the face to Su Qian.

She never expected the other person to be so outspoken.

Speechless for a moment, my mind went blank again.

My hand holding the phone was trembling slightly.

"Su Qian, right?" Su Qiu was too lazy to waste words with her, her tone suddenly turning cold, carrying an undeniable forcefulness.

"Let me tell you straight, my mother has taken a liking to Shen Yi, and he's mine now."

Don't get involved unless it's absolutely necessary. If you need anything, go find Lu Chen!

"Isn't your Lu Chen still alive? He's not dead."

She paused, her gaze sweeping over Shen Yi's peaceful sleeping face on the bed, her voice icy:

"Don't contact my darling again. Otherwise, if you piss me off, I won't hesitate to castrate Lu Chen!"

"You jerk!"

After saying that, Su Qiu hung up the phone before Su Qian could react.

With swift, decisive movements of his fingers across the screen, he blocked and deleted Su Qian's number.

The movements were fluid and seamless, without the slightest hesitation.

Xiao Xitian stared in disbelief: "Host...you've gone too far! You've completely blocked the female lead's path!"

Su Qiu tossed her phone back onto the bedside table, clapped her hands, and said calmly:

"To avoid future trouble. Nobody can mess with my people."

Xiao Xitian gave a thumbs up, then changed the subject, "But host, haven't you forgotten that in the plot, Su Qian sought Shen Yi's help to resolve the trouble at the auction, and Shen Yi happened to find something left behind by her grandmother?"

Although Shen Yi had no parents, he had a loving grandmother who gave him a priceless bracelet.

My grandmother had an accident because of the bracelet.

Shen Yi ended up on the streets, where Su Qian met him and offered him some warmth.

He became completely devoted to her.

Shen Yi did not give up searching for his grandmother's belongings.

Because she helped Su Qian come to the auction, she found his precious item.

Shen Yi felt that Su Qian was the one who brought him warmth and love.

So he willingly became a sycophant, allowing himself to be used by Su Qian, giving away all his wealth without complaint.

Even though he later became a rag, he didn't think it was Su Qian's fault.

He thought Su Qian would find him and save him, just like before.

Su Qian did not appear until Shen Yi completely fell into depravity.

Shen Yi also forgot what his purpose was in persisting.

Ultimately, it became his purpose as a rag.

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